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o3 vs Grok 2.5

OpenAI
o3
SpaceXAI
Grok 2.5
Overview
CompanyOpenAISpaceXAI
Release dateApr 16 2025Aug 2025
AccessProprietaryProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
26%
Timeline
Release gapo3 shipped 107 days before Grok 2.5

Which is better: o3 or Grok 2.5?

o3 and Grok 2.5 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. o3 shipped 107 days before Grok 2.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — o3 and Grok 2.5 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

o3 was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.

Grok 2.5 was released by SpaceXAI on Aug 2025.

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